The New xLIB - An APP

Post by **tr1p1ea** » Mon 02 May, 2005 5:35 pm

Program writeback in BASIC ... what exactly are you going to write back ... and where is it going to be written?

dragon282p · Post by **dragon282p** » Mon 02 May, 2005 5:46 pm

Program Writback
:"____________________->Str0 ;20 spaces... could write to the first 2-20 bytes of prgm and wont mess up exicution...

:exp(sub(Str0,1,3))->A ;this can store a 3-digit number to var A, it would stop using all thoes variables and lists on the "outside

" and be safe, inside the program

:real(xx,2,20,"12345678901234567890") ;i gues could use to store (start byte,End byte,String [excluding ""])

dysfunction · Post by **dysfunction** » Mon 02 May, 2005 9:22 pm

How about a true clipped sprite routine, as in being able to draw sprites off the screen?

DJ_O · Post by **DJ_O** » Mon 02 May, 2005 10:01 pm

I think it alerady does it

merthsoft · Post by **merthsoft** » Mon 02 May, 2005 11:46 pm

What would be the advantage of drawing them off the screen?
How good is the scrolling with this?

Post by **tr1p1ea** » Tue 03 May, 2005 1:00 am

It is a true clipped sprite routine, it can draw any or all of the sprite off screen ... i cant have you guys overwriting your memory now can i?

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dragon282p, something like that would slow down basic programs a lot.

necro · Post by **necro** » Tue 03 May, 2005 11:22 am

What about the matrix rotation I mentioned earlier? Could be very useful in some rpgs and in puzzle games...

dysfunction · Post by **dysfunction** » Tue 03 May, 2005 12:30 pm

Necro, you just want a BASIC raycaster

dragon282p · Post by **dragon282p** » Tue 03 May, 2005 3:22 pm

i had no idea it would slow it down.. i understand and still thinks it cool, ill use tha lists or even better that read from groups whould be a great sub

dragon282p · Post by **dragon282p** » Tue 03 May, 2005 5:29 pm

IDEA why not a better linking rutine
(i,e send recive prgms or faster rutine.)

merthsoft · Post by **merthsoft** » Tue 03 May, 2005 9:36 pm

This is more for graphics, not that kinda stuff...
What would be the advantage of drawing sprites off the screen?
How good is the scrolling with this?

Jim e · Post by **Jim e** » Tue 03 May, 2005 10:19 pm

Sprite clipping is when you can draw the sprite partially off the screen.

Imagine when an enemy starts walking towards the edge of the screen, should he just disappear, NO. he would be partially drawn.

If the entire sprite is off the screen then it is not drawn.

In omnicalc, there was no clipping, so when you went off the screen you wrote over memory that wasn't meant be written over and there for crash your calc.

Thats what was meant by bieng drawn off the screen. You tell it to do so, but it won't crash your calc.

merthsoft · Post by **merthsoft** » Tue 03 May, 2005 10:39 pm

Oh, ok that makes sence...

DJ_O · Post by **DJ_O** » Wed 04 May, 2005 1:47 am

btw when the 0.4 version will come out? Are you adding all those features before releasing it or release the current version then add features and release an update later?

Post by **tr1p1ea** » Wed 04 May, 2005 2:37 am

Well, i havent worked on it since i gave you the latst build o_o ... I dont think i am going to implement some of the more 'unique' features that have been requested here as the more complicated the feature ... the more emails i recieve lol

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I never knew that the omnicalc routine wasnt a clipped one ... thats just dangerous. I have tried to make this lib as uncrashable as possible.

I could release it right now, but it only has a few functions.